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Re:Ask HN: How to Inspire young people in computer science? by endtime on Friday April 03, 2009 @02:43PM (#545341)
The same things that have been important for several years:

- A CS degree doesn't mean you will become Dilbert

- A CS degree doesn't mean your job will be outsourced to a BRIC country.

- CS is not just programming.

- A BS in CS can lead to fields like AI/robotics, bioinformatics, finance (well, that might be untimely), etc.

- It's a myth that CS isn't for girls (mention Lady Lovelace ;) ).

I think (the negations of) those are still the most popular harmful stereotypes about studying CS.

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